Meaner

Synonyms for "meaner" (963 found)

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Closest matches (193)

intend average base beggarly cheap convey cruel entail hateful imply median miserly nasty skilled wicked vicious abject abominable absolutely abstemious

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abstruse abysmal ace-high add up to adumbrate affect agency agent ailing aim aim at aim for allegorize allude to amidships apparatus approach arduous argue arrant ascetic ashamed aspire aspire after aspire to assets assume assuredly at all events at any cost atrocious attest augur austere authoritarian avaricious avenue backing bad bad-tempered balance baleful banal bang up bang-up base-minded baseborn bastardly be after be construed as be indicative of be significant of be symptomatic of bearish below the salt beneath contempt bespeak betoken bigot bigoted bitchy bonzer borne boss brandish breathe bring about bring forth bring forward bring into view bring out bring to mind bring to notice brutal bully bundle but good by all means by dint of by means of by no means by way of cankered cantankerous capital carry caviling center central certainly channel characterize cheesy churlish close closed closed minded coarse cockney cold-hearted common commonplace communicate complex compromise connote constricted contemplate contemptible cool core corking count course crabbed crackerjack cramped cranky creedbound critical cross cross grained cross-grained crummy crusty cussed damaging

Verb(14 words)

imply intend signify afterthink be serious begrieve bemoan besorrow bewail beweep bring about cause condole convey

Adjective(26 words)

base cheap chintzy tight unkind as tight as dick's hatband ass bad bedraggled below par broken bum carrion cheeseparing close close as wax close-fisted crapperific crappo crappy

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craptabulous craptacular craptastic cruel crummy damaging

Noun(2 words)

arithmetic mean average

Adjective(4 words)

average base bastardly beggarly

Strong matches (289)

dandy dangle deaf deaf to reason debased declasse deficient definitely deft degenerate degraded delicate delicious demanding demonstrate denominate denote depraved design designate

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desire despicable destine determine develop diameter diaphragm differentiate difficile difficult dirty disagreeable disclose disgraceful disgusting dishonorable dismal disobliging display disreputable divine divulge donsie dramatize dreary drive drive at ducky dwarfed dwarfish earthborn economical effective embody enact equator equatorial equidistant equipment estate evidence evil evince exacting excellent exceptional excitable execrable exhibit exiguous expect expected value expose to view express fab fair fairish fanatical fashion fawning feisty fence filthy finances fine and dandy flagrant flaunt flourish foreshadow foretell foretoken formidable fortune foul fourth class fourth-class fractious frugal fulsome funds gaudy gear generality get get across get over gimcracky give evidence give sign give token go for golden mean grasping grave great greedy groovy gross grovelling grudging hack hairy half measures half-and-half measures halfway halfway measures happy medium harbor a design hard hard earned hard fought hard-earned hard-fought harmful hate have every intention have in mind have in view heart heavy heinous herald herculean hidebound highlight hint hint at holdings homely hope hostile hot huffish huffy humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest hunky dory hunky-dory hurtful identify ignoble ill-tempered illiberal illuminate imperfect implicate import impoverished in any case in any event in no way inadequate incarnate incompetent indicate indifferent indisposed ineffectual infer inferior inglorious iniquitous innocuous insinuate instrument instrumentality instrumentation insufficient insular intangibles intercurrent interior interjacent intermediary intermediate intervenient intervening intimate intricate invidious involve irascible irregular irritable jam-up jawbreaking jejune just dandy juste milieu keen kernel knotted knotty laborious lean least lenten limited little little minded little-minded low low class low down low grade low test low-class low-down low-grade low-minded low-quality low-test lowborn lowbred lowest lowliest lowly lumpen machinery make a show of make clear make plain maladroit malefic maleficent

Adjective(23 words)

deft derisible fierce flimsy for the birds frivolous grotty halfhearted harsh idle ignoble ignominious illiberal immaterial inconsequential inconsiderable inconsiderate inferior insensitive insignificant

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lousy low low-grade

Verb(13 words)

deplore deprecate elegize entail equal get at grieve grieven have in mind indicate keen lament lead to

Adjective(4 words)

excellent fantabulous first-class hateful

Noun(2 words)

expected value geometric mean

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malicious malign malignant mangy manifest manner mark marvy materialize matter meager mean to say mean-minded mean-spirited means meanspirited measly medial mediocre mediocrity

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mediterranean medium menial mercenary meretricious mesial mesne method mezzo mickey mouse mid middle middle course middle ground middle of the road middle way middle-of-the-road middlemost middling midland midmost midriff midships midst midway mind mingy ministry miserable mode moderate moderateness moderation modest money moneybags monstrous name narrow narrow gauge narrow minded narrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled narrow-spirited naughty near nearsighted neat nefarious nest egg neutral ground nifty niggard niggardly no matter what no picnic no way nobby nominate nonclerical norm normal not at all not comparable not easy not in it note noxious nuclear nucleus obnoxious obscure odious of course off color offish ok okay on no account operose ordinary organ ornery out of it out of sight out of the running out of this world paltry par parade paraphernalia parochial parsimonious pathetic peachy peachy-keen penny-pinching penurious perform perverse pesky petty pile pinchpenny pitiable pitiful plain plan plebeian pocket point indirectly to point to poky poor portend position positively possessions prefigure preindicate presage present presign presignal presignify presume presuppose pretypify procedure process produce project proletarian promise property propose provincial punk puny purblind purport purpose purse ragged rank refer refer to represent reprobate reptilian reserves resolve resource resources reveal rigorous ripping roll out rotten rough routine rubbishy rude rugged rule rum run run-down sad savings scabby scant scanty scrawny scrimp scrimpy scrubby scruffy scrumptious scummy scurvy scuzzy second best second class second rate second-best second-class second-rate seedy serious servile set set forth set with thorns severe shabby shabby-genteel shameful shoddy shortsighted show show forth sick sickly signal signify simple skimp skimpy slap-up slavish sleazy slender slight slim small small minded small-minded smashing snappish so-so solid something else sordid sorry sour spare sparing spartan specify spell spiffing spiffy spiny spiteful spleeny splenetic spotlight squalid stand stand for standard starvation steep stingy stinking stinted stinting straitened straitlaced strenuous stuffy stunning stunted submissive subservient subsistence substance suggest sullen support suppose surely swell symbolize symptomatize symptomize system tacky take for granted tatty teachable technique testify testy thick thick of things thin think think of third class third rate third-class third-estate third-rate thorny through ticklish tight tight-fisted tightfisted tinny toilsome token tough trashy tricky trivial trot out troublesome troublous trumpery two-for-a-cent two-for-a-penny twopenny twopenny-halfpenny typify ugly unaccommodating uncatholic uncharitable unchivalrous undignified undistinguished unfold ungenerous ungenteel unimportant unkind unliberal unmentionable unmerciful unnourishing unnutritious unpleasant unpretentious unskillful unwashed unwell uphill using usual valueless vehicle venomous vexatious via via media vile vindictive violent vulgar waist waistline want waspish watered watery wave way ways wealth weigh wherewithal wish without fail wizard wonderful worthless wretched zone

Adjective(79 words)

malicious mean-spirited merciless miserable miserly murrain narrow-fisted nasty niggardly nipcheese nothingburger parsimonious peddling penny-pinching penny-wise penurious petty picayune piddling piddly

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Noun(2 words)

mean proportional mean value

Verb(12 words)

mean to say mourn pine repent result in sigh sorrow stand for think think of wail wayment

Adjective(6 words)

meanspirited mingy miserly ripping splendid tight

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The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner.

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Prince John: "Your foe has bloodied you, sir knight. Will you concede defeat? You fight too well to die so mean a death. Will you not throw in your lot with me instead? Ivanhoe: "That would be an even meaner death, Your Grace."

Source: wiktionary

By his acts of meaning, and those of other individual meaners, the social reality is created, maintained in good order, and continuously shaped and modified.

Source: wiktionary

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